Dead Pool 2011

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Severiano Ballesteros
Jon Brookes (Charlatans UK)
Dick Cheney
Michael Douglas
Aretha Franklin
Melanie Griffith
Christopher Hitchens
Ken Hom
Kim Jong Il
Artie Lange
Lindsay Lohan
Jeremy London
James Mandich
Eleanor Mondale
Vince Neil

List ends...

― Mark G, Tuesday, January 4, 2011 5:28 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Thora Hird died in 2003.

Damn, was going to check.

OK, Wanda Jackson then.

Got it.

In general, please do try to check -- I only noticed Jennings and Mailer because I had remembered their deaths, but there are plenty of people picked with whom I'm unfamiliar.

Christopher Hitchens
Kim Jong Il
Artie Lange
Bret Michaels
Verne Troyer
Rush Limbaugh
Trick Daddy
Seve Ballesteros
Yogi Berra
Larry Flynt
Ralphie May
Aretha Franklin
Barbara Bush
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Ozzy Osbourne

Oh shit, Ralphie May. I'd forgotten about him. Not a bad idea.

Yo, if anyone else wants in, I'm gonna extend the deadline to midnight CST tomorrow. (Mostly b/c I haven't picked my own list yet.)

Great

jaymc, I got a question re: notability. If someone does not say have a wikipedia or nndb entry themselves, but is the spouse of someone who does, are they notable enough for inclusion in the pool?

it would probably be beyond the pale if I were to remove Levi Johnston and add Gabby Giffords to my list so I won't do it.

what the fuck?

uh, I said wasn't going to do it; I don't think anybody should, but since the deadline's been extended, somebody might.

If someone dies before Jan. 8, only the people who have already submitted lists will be able to collect points.

I had the thought too, immediately squelched it. xp

classitup indeed

never felt so completely justified hitting that sb

jaymc, I got a question re: notability. If someone does not say have a wikipedia or nndb entry themselves, but is the spouse of someone who does, are they notable enough for inclusion in the pool?

Earlier I told Jeff that Maggie Daley -- who's in the same situation -- was OK. Upon reflection, however, I'm going to nix that. I think it's better if the same eligibility rules apply across the board. So no, you can't pick Lura Lynn Ryan.

As far as Giffords, to be perfectly honest I don't see a reason why she wouldn't be allowed. It's on your conscience, though.

itt deadpoolers get sanctimonious

yeah really, does class have any place in a dead pool?

I draw the line at publishing a NYTimes bestseller of violent, inflammatory rhetoric aimed at regarding people on my Dead Pool list.

yah i remember the year i did this and i literally just pulled it out of my ass and also got patrick swayze bc everybody got patrick swayze. it was bittersweet scoring points off merce cunningham.

http://www.fancydress99.co.uk/f-5/wid6852T/Skull-Mask-W-Velvet-Top-Hat-Hair---Halloween-.jpg

jaymc, I was going to pick someone way more longshot than that, but ok.

gonna go for a Dead Pool classics list, ostensibly to show how poor how such classic choices were (i.e. the blood is not on my hands, i.e. the most cowardly of deadpooling).

Courtney Love
Pete Doherty
Lindsay Lohan
Britney Spears
Amy Winhouse
Kerry Katona
Drew Barrymore

um I don't know who else. So some wrestlers too

Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
Triple H
Hulk Hogan
The Ultimate Warrior
Big Show

and a few randoms

Tom Cruise
Hugo Chavez
Taylor Momsen

Deadpool ethics 101

2 momsen votes already!

ultimate warrior is ded right

Pretty sure Warrior will never die, and is therefore a wasted Dead Pool pick.

ha, didn't notice that there'd been a Momsen before me. It is inevitable.

Eventually there'll be a time when the only things walking this land are cockroaches, Jake 'The Snake', and Ultimate Warrior.

Warrior's in p good health. As is all those wrestlers bar Jake Roberts. But if there is a God, Warrior (his actual name now btw) would be raped, mutilated and murdered.

Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
Robert Pattinson
Kristen Stewart
Taylor Lautner
Kaya Scodelario
Lisa Backwell
Merveille Lukeba
Miley Cyrus
Lindsay Lohan
Matthew Newton
Brendan Fevola
Ben Cousins
Ricky Ponting

Ha, nice use of the dp-curse there.

dp-curse?

deadpool curse.

3s? That wasn't the plan but I'll go with it.

Er? I just meant "voting for someone is like jinxing them" as you'd listed a bunch of twats is all.

ahahahahaha okay, I'm just going for points tbh

as in, y'know, teen heartthrob dies, I get 82 points

yah u just need a stewart pattinson car crash and uv made the list

jaymc, I would like to substitute Adam Yauch for Ken Hom. Thank you.

Got it.

Here's my list:

King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Tariq Aziz
Fidel Castro
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Christopher Hitchens
Etta James
Kim Jong Il
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Helmut Kohl
Hosni Mubarak
Jonathan Pollard
Ariel Sharon
Elizabeth Taylor
Margaret Thatcher

do you know what kim jong il wants his epitaph to be "I told you I was kim jong il" big spike milligan fan

looool

All right, I think everything is finalized, with the exception of a couple people who filed incomplete lists. (I've e-mailed them.)

35 participants this year, which is pretty good.

Here are the top picks:

23
Aretha Franklin

19
Christopher Hitchens

14
Kim Jong Il

13
Michael Douglas

9
Dick Cheney
Fidel Castro
Lindsay Lohan

8
Chuck Berry
Gerry Rafferty

7
Zsa Zsa Gabor

6
Larry Hagman
Elizabeth Taylor
Margaret Thatcher

5
Annette Funicello
Eleanor Mondale
Nancy Reagan
Ariel Sharon

4
Muhammad Ali
Dennis Frederiksen
Steve Jobs
Harmon Killebrew

Also, I've tried to be meticulous, but please let me know if you see an error on the spreadsheet.

Queen of Soul gets last laugh on ILX

I am only on the spreadsheet 12x...?

You're right -- thanks for catching that.

Actually, it looks like a few names at the beginning of the alphabet were accidentally deleted:

Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi
Abe Vigoda
Amy Winehouse

(You just happened to pick all three of them.)